Great results from the boys at Malaga. Silver for Paul Whelpton in 10k, Bronze for Paul Whelpton in Half marathon and Team Gold for Paul Whelpton in half marathon(V65). Team Bronze for Malcolm kemp in half marathon (v70)

Despite the World Cup semi-final we had an excellent turnout from marshalls and other club volunteers. Congrats to the Race Director Andy Bone for pulling off another successful event, which required some signifcant last minute planning (course re-routing, communications, big screen for the footy).

This event is always popular among club members. This year we entered three teams: an A team, a B team and a Women's team. The As repeated the silver medal performance of last year and the Bs and women just missed out on a medal, each coming third in their category. Great to see a few new faces in the relay teams again this year.

Third instalment of the Grand Prix and biggest turnout yet! And congrats to a number of both men and women who finished in their top 10s. Phoenix men took the team prize and we think maybe the women only missed out because of a mistake in team registration.

The Great Birmingham 10k doubled up as an international fixture between England and the Celtic nations and three of our clubmates ran in England vests having qualified in their age groups earlier this year. Paul Whelpton won the v65 category and Malcolm Kemp and Andrew Haig were 6th and 7th respectively in the v70s.

The relays this year were run clockwise instead of the usual anti-clockwise, which did not stop the senior men taking the win for the 8th year in a row; and the women making it another double. Plenty of other medals for teams and fast laps too:

Sussex Grand Prix kicked off with this popular half marathon - wonderfully supported by the Hastings crowd. Although quite cold fears about the state of the roads were unfounded, with all the snow and ice having melted. We think we missed out on the team win to the local club Hastings AC. Tremendous performances all around however, with Paul Whelpton pulling the usual trick of coming quickest not only in his age group but in the one below that. And within a few seconds of the one below that one too. It also looks like he now holds the 65+ age group course record. Max Dumbrellmade the five-step podium by coming fourth overall. Other prizes will be announced in the near future.

Malcolm Kemp and Andrew Haig ran with their german friend Clemens Hünerberg as the 'No Brexit' team. The conditions were perfect – 10 degrees, no wind and dead flat closed roads passing through fir forests. No excuses then. In the event Malcolm took first place and Andrew second place in the M70 category, Clemens was 7th tin the M65 category. There were 1120 finishers with the winner clocking 1:05.34.

Cold with a mean easterly wind to contend with in the last 5k. Some fabulous performances and we note a good proportion of over 40s in the first few Phoenix finishers! Chip times are shown hence they are not all consistent withfinishing order.

The final league match of the season saw uneven attendances by Brighton Phoenix – no U13 girls through to 22 runners in the senior men's race. The conditions were atrocious – cold, damp and extremely muddy. Perhaps the U13 girls had a point, though sadly, having appeared at the first three races, having no runners at all at Stanmer means no listing in the final table.

The final medal list, individual and team, has been published showing that that U15G (silver) senior men (bronze) and vet men (silver) are our most successful teams with Alice Wright winning U15G individual bronze, Max Dumbrell winning individual SM silver and Dave Carter individual M40 silver.

This race served as a qualifier for the British 10k age group championships so boasted a very high quality field. Nonetheless our senior men picked up a team silver and Paul Whelpton, Malcolm Kemp and Andrew Haig have all earned England vests for the championships!

We had 21 runners, participating across every race of the Masters event this year - including a number of debutants. Conditions were muddier than they have ever been at Lancing, adding to the already considerable challenge of the hills - and leading to a few enforced mud baths and withdrawals.

Among the fine performances were wins for Paul Whelpton and Dave Carter, a bronze medal for the over 60s team, and a gold for the men over 40 - the first one in this race any one of us can remember.

The opening race of the West Sussex Fun Run League is the ever popular Hangover 5M – a trail run up to Cissbury Ring and back. Bit of a result for family Hoyte we'd say.

Superb run by Reuben Hoyte – race winner in 31:36 with a substantial 21 second lead over the second placed runner. Dad Kurt Hoyte was 15th in a field of 365 runners in a time of 35:28. Phoenix runners both.

As if that wasn't enough, mum Caroline Hoyte running for Arena 80 was first woman home (14th overall) in 35:26

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